---
typeId: term
recordId: revocation
fields:
  title: Revocation
  definition: A local or signed claim that future use of a key, trust decision,
    capability grant, lease, or principal should stop or be treated as
    compromised.
  order: 700
  usage:
    - Revocation cannot make a recipient forget plaintext already received.
  sourceDocument: /home/johnb/Downloads/benac_terms_and_definitions_v0_1.md
  sourceVersion: 0.1 Terminology Draft
  sourceDate: 2026-05-02
  sourceSections:
    - 7. Trust, authority, policy, and capability terminology
---
